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Important announcements regarding Kingfisher 57th National Squash Championships 2009

All please note:...............

4^th Aug. 2009

To all participants for selection of Delhi State team for Squash for Inter-State Matches, Nationals 2009.

It is hereby informed to all the players participating in the above Trial that:

1. Final selection trials for both Delhi-A and Delhi-B Men’s team will be held on 8.8.09 from 11.00 a.m. at Vasant Kunj, DDA Sports Complex, New Delhi.

The following players have been selected for final stage trials:-

1	SUHIL KAPUR
2	GURSIMAR SINGH
3	GUNRAJ SINGH
4	GAURAV NANDRAJROJ
5	AMJAD KHAN
6	KARM KUMAR
7	ANIL BHAGAT
8	SHAKIR HUSSAIN
9	ADITYA ADVANI
10	SAJID HUSAIN
11	UDAY DASS
12	IMRAN KHAN

Final selection trials for Delhi Women’s team will be held on 9.8.09 from 11.00 a.m. at Vasant Kunj, DDA Sports Complex, New Delhi.

The following women players have been selected for final stage trials:-

1	SACHIKA INGALE
2	PANKHURI
3	ADYA ADVANI
4	KAVYA KHANNA
5	TANVI KHANNA
6	VISHRUTYI SAHNI
7	HARSHIT KAAUR
8	SIMAR SINGH
9	SANIKA
10	VEDIKA
11	JANET VIDH

3. A major tournament namely the SPRITE – ISP ALL INDIA OPEN SQUASH TOURNAMENT 2009 is being held from 22^nd to 25^th Aug. 2009. The players will find that dates for the above tournament and Inter-State championships are clashing. However, considering that it is a Major tournament and many players will like to take part in it some condition has been imposed on the players desirous of taking part in the trials. Organizers of Sprite-ISP tournament in condition No. 11 have clearly mentioned that players participating in the other senior tournament i.e. the Inter-State championship can get modification of their match timings from Sprite organizers if they are clashing.

The players participating in the trials on the above dates will have to assure the selectors of Delhi State team that they will give priority in the Inter-State tournament where they will be representing the Delhi State and will first play their Inter-State matches on a particular date and only later on play their matches at the Sprite-ISP tournament.

04 Aug , 2009

CIRCULAR

To : All persons desirous of participating in the Kingfisher 57^th National Squash Championship 2009

Dear Sir,

This is to inform all concerned that due to overwhelming response for the 57^th National Squash Championship, it is decided that the championship will be conducted from 15 Aug to 20 Aug instead of 16 Aug to 20 Aug 09 at Delhi Gymkhana, 1, Safdarjung Road, New Delhi. Some of the initial matches are planned to be conducted at the second venue at DSOI, Dhaula Kuan New Delhi-10 from 15 to 18 Aug 09. The Schedule and draws of the matches will be displayed at both the venues and at the SRFI Website also. Players are requested to see the schedule and find out the venue and time of the match.

The matches will be conducted as per the following schedule.

• THE Delhi Gymkhana (Main Venue) From 15 Aug 09 to 20 Aug 09. Contact Mr. Manan Mashruwala at Delhi Gymkhana Club

• DSOI (Second Venue) From 15 Aug 09 to 18 Aug 09. Contact Wg Cdr Vijay Ingale (M) 9810529260, 9310016341.
  

All Inter-State matches will be conducted at Delhi Gymkhana only from 21 to 24 Aug 2009..

SHARAD SHARMA

DELHI SQUASH ASSOCIATION

Delhi Trials......some details!!

Trial for selection of Delhi Squash team

1. The selection Committee will consist of Dr.B.I.Singh (Chairman),Shri Vijay Goel,Shri Lalit Advani,Wg Cmdr Ingle, and Sharad Sharma.

2. A total of 8 players will be selected 4 for Delhi A and 4 for Delhi B.

3. The selection will be done in 3 stages.5 players namely M/S G.Nandrajog, Amjad, Karm Kumar, Suhail Kapur and Gunraj have been directly seeded to the 3^rd stage.The3rd. (Final stage) trials will be held sometime next week which will be informed later on.

4. 13 players namely M/S Anil Bhagat, Aditys Advani, Aseem Ingle, Ashay Jain, Divij Singh, Gursimar Singh, Harshit Jain, Hemant Daulata, Kunal Mehra, Sajid Husssain,Imran Khan, Shakir Hussain and Sahaj Bishnoi have been seeded to 2^nd stage which will be held on Sunday 2nd Aug at the Vasant Kunj DDA Sports complex from 10 a.m.

5. 19 players namely M/S Siddhant Kumar,Siddant Parnaik, Junaid, Saurabh, Rupinder, Dhiraj, Nikhiljeet, Mayank Sharma.Alankrit, Abhishek Kumar, Harnam, Puneet,Tejpal, Sachit , Anirudh, Karan,Sidhant,Sikandar and Chitvan will be required to play the first stage starting at 11 a.m. on 1^st Aug. at the Vasant Kunj DDA Sports Complex.

6. All the 1^st stage matches will be 11 point scoring best of 3.All the players who have expressed their desire to participate in the trials are required to report at the venue on the above specified dates and time.Junaid has his school on the 1^st of Aug so he has been given 3 p.m. as the reporting time.Players may be required to play upto 3 matches.

7. 6 players will be selected to play in the 2^nd stage and they will be required to come on 2^nd again.

8. If any of the participants has any querry he should contact Mr.Sharad Sharma at tel 9810379468.

Invitation for entries to Junior Squash Nationals to be held in October 09

30^th July, 2009

CIRCULAR

( This circular is only for DELHI JUNIOR SQUASH PLAYERS )

All Delhi Junior Squash Players desirous of participating in the Daly College Sub-Junior/ National Open Squash Championship from 21^st Oct to 25^th Oct 2009 and Inter State Squash Championship from 25^th Oct to 29^th Oct 2009 Venue-The Daly College, Indore PLEASE PAY ATTENTION:

As per SRFI Rule No. 17 mentioned in the “RULES & CONDITIONS OF PLAY” each participant (apart from Professionals) has to pay an entry fee of Rs.200/- to SRFI. For this a consolidated demand Draft / Cash / Cheque of the entry fee must be then sent by DSA to the “Squash Rackets Federation of India” at the time of submitting the entries.

All are therefore, requested to please send their entry fee to DSA so that the same can be forwarded to SRFI. They have given DSA till 21^st Sep at 1200 hrs 2009 to submit the consolidated entry fee.

We may mention here that in case your entry fee does not come to us within time your entry is liable to be rejected.

Thanking you,

Yours faithfully,

SHARAD SHARMA

DELHI SQUASH ASSOCIATION

E-Mail-squashdelhi@gmail.com / Delhi Blog- dsasquash.wordpress.com /

PS: Please send Entry Fee of Rs.200/- Cash / cheque / demand draft in favour of “SQUASH RACKETS FEDERATION OF INDIA” to Mr. Sharad Sharma, Delhi Squash Association, 241, Okhla Industrial Estate, Phase-III, New Delhi-110020. Mobile No. 9810379468

Note from SRFI follows:

Hi,

Enclosed is the entry form for the The Daly College Sub Junior / Junior National Squash Championship to be held in Indore from 21-25 October 2009. For your information, the Interstate Squash Championships will be held from 25- 29 October 2009.

The closing date for entries is 21 September 2009.

Kindly note that the entries along with the entry fees must be sent to the Squash Rackets Federation of India only through the affiliated state associations of the Federation. No direct individual entries will be accepted. Entries can also be sent directly to the Federation through Associate Members under section 9 (b) of the Constitution viz. Clubs, Schools, Colleges, or other organizations not specified.

Look forward to your participation.

Regards

Cyrus Poncha

National Coach

http://coachcyrus.wordpress.com / dsasquash.wordpress.com /

Important Circular for Delhi Players regarding National 2009

CIRCULAR

(This circular is only for DELHI SQUASH PLAYERS)

To : All persons desirous of participating in the Kingfisher 57^th National Squash Championship 2009

Dear Sir,

Please refer to your Entry to the above championship. We have forwarded your entry to SRFI. In this connection, they have drawn our attention to Rule No. 17 mentioned in the “RULES & CONDITIONS OF PLAY” which reads as under:-

“Each participant (apart from Professionals) will pay an entry fee of Rs.250/- to The Squash Rackets Federation of India. Aconsolidated demand Draft / Cash of the entry fee must be sent by each affiliated state associations/associate members payable to the“Squash Rackets Federation of India” at the time of sending the entry.”

You are, therefore, requested to please send your entry fee to us without delay so that the same can be forwarded to SRFI. They have given us till 31^st July, 2009 to submit the entry fee.

We may mention here that in case your entry fee does not come to us within time your entry is liable to be rejected.

Thanking you,

Yours faithfully,

SHARAD SHARMA

DELHI SQUASH ASSOCIATION

PS: Please send Entry Fee of Rs.250/- Cash / cheque / demand draft in favour of “SQUASH RACKETS FEDERATION OF INDIA” to Mr. Sharad Sharma, Delhi Squash Association, 241, Okhla Industrial Estate, Phase-III, New Delhi-110020. Mobile No. 9810379468

The SRFI communication to DSA reads as follows:

Dear Mr. Goel,

We are received entries from DSA for the 57th National Championships.

Request you to kindly send the entry fee of Rs. 250 per person latest by 31 July 2009 to the SRFI.

Please note only entries with entry fees paid will be permitted to participate in the National Championships.

Regards

Cyrus Poncha

National Coach

Delhi State trials for Nationals 2009 - Venue changed

New Venue: DDA SPORT COMPLEX Vasant Kunj

Dates: 1st Aug and 2nd Aug 2009

Time: 10.00am to 5.00pm

World Junior Squash Championships 2009 - 29 July to 2 Aug 09 at Chennai, India

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1. Draws
2. List of Participants
3. Tournament Hotel
   

Circular For 57th Senior National & Inter-State Squash Championship-2009

To,

All Schools / College / Clubs

The 57^th Senior National Squash Championship and All India Inter-State Squash Championship will be held from August 16^th – 20^th and August 20^th – 24^th respectively at the Delhi Gymkhana Club, New Delhi.

• Senior Nationals
• Players interested in participating in Senior Nationals may refer to the Entry Form on this site by clicking here
  
• All individual entry forms received by the Delhi Squash Association on/ by July 17^th, 2009 duly completed will be forwarded to the Squash Rackets Federation of India
• Inter-State
• For the Senior Inter-State Championship the Delhi Squash Association is conducting Final Trials on 1^st Aug and 2^nd Aug 2009.
• Trials will be held for both the Men’s as well as Women’s Team.
• Each team will comprise of 3 players and 1 reserve player.
• Trials to start @ 10.30 am and finish by 05.30 pm on the same day.
• Players will be selected on merit and the teams will be announced on the completion of the trial. Venue to be intimated later
  
• Pl send the name for Senior Interstate Trials to squashdelhi@gmail.com

Olympic Bid Presentation

Dear All,
The bid for SQUASH FOR OLYMPICS bid went well. Thought I should share it with all who could and all who could not take part in the bid celebrations at Saket Sports Club for the Grudge Cup 09. All your enthusiasm and efforts have now to bear fruit and we will see our own champions in the Olympics.

Cheers!!
Bharat

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Subject: The Olympic Bid Presentation
Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2009 14:36:57 +0100
From: wsf@worldsquash.org
To: wsf@worldsquash.org

The Olympic Bid Presentation - to the Worldwide Squash Family - post Lausanne,

President Ramachandran has asked me to write this message as quickly as possible as a supplement to the press releases.

We were all delighted with the way our presentation went on Monday. We spent Friday, Saturday and Sunday rehearsing the presentations, reviewing, changing here and there, getting the timings right and also going over potential questions which we thought might be asked.

Scott Garrett, our Bid Manager, worked tirelessly to bond and direct the group and get the presentations up to top standard. Come Monday afternoon off we went to find that things were running a bit early, so there was no waiting around, it was into the deeply impressive IOC Conference Room and on with the presentation.

For those of us sitting downstairs waiting time passed very slowly. Then we heard applause - amazing - and next our party came round the corner with our Patron, HRH Tunku Imran, wreathed in smiles. All the panel were exhausted with the tension: Thierry Lincou summed it up "that was pressure of a degree I've never encountered in any match I've played".

The presentation was introductions, then our brand new DVD, then two minutes each from the panel members with accompanying photographs on the four-sided central screen, then questions, total 30 minutes.

We had one absolute starlet on our team, 13 year old Hanna Fekede, tiny in stature but with a mixture of poise and utter charm ('so cute' from the other girls when they met and then automatically mothered her, Hanna's parents not having been able to come, though she was wonderfully looked after by coach Renata Paiva). In a wonderful presentation, which struck an emotional chord with every listener, Hanna stood up and spoke totally from memory. Read her story, please where?. When she finished there was spontaneous applause from the IOC Executive Board!

The summary followed, then amazingly no questions bar one from the President asking World no 1 Nicol David “how a boyfriend might be fitted into her incredibly busy schedule”, a question fielded with total aplomb - ask her! President Rogge then said 'an excellent presentation' and there was further applause. We had a long period of press interviews after that, with Rami, Nicol and of course Hanna in much sought out!

You can see our state of art DVD, which in HD really does prove that the ball can be seen and that squash is TV friendly, and the presentation speeches on our web site - do take a look.

Four months ago we were lagging behind; there is no doubt about it. But since January we have worked tirelessly and made gigantic strides. Our Patron, who is of course an IOC Member, was absolutely delighted with the massive improvement in our presentation and the way we had answered most of the questions posed after the November 2008 presentation. Everyone involved really managed this weekend to give it the very best shot possible and the whole squash family can be deeply proud of that panel of presenters: HRH Tunku Imran, President Ramachandran, Nicol David, Thierry Lincou, Siyole Lusasemi (a first year professional from South Africa) and Hanna Fekede. Scott Garrett was the IT man and Team Director and has given our bid massive commitment since invited to become Bid Manager in mid January. Our PR/Media company, Juniper, has also been doing splendid work especially for the publications which IOC members read.

We must not forget the many years of preparatory work which went into all of this. Tunku Imran, Susie Simcock, Jahangir Khan all worked so hard during their terms of office as President and thereafter to develop the contacts and get us the opportunity to become serious contenders for a place in the Olympic Games. Working on this with all of them of course was our utterly dedicated CEO for these many years, Ted Wallbutton, whose contribution was immense. We have been much helped this past year in particular by Ramona von Ondarza, whose quite amazing knowledge of things Olympic and the IOC people has been invaluable to us.

We have Jahangir now featured in the Olympic museum in the Sporting Heroes section - if in Lausanne do visit this.

Many, many others have also helped and supported this bid. Our partners PSA and WISPA are totally committed. Year in, year out our own media Director, Howard Harding, has also kept us in the Olympic eye. We are also deeply appreciative of the literally hundreds of messages wishing us good luck, which we received between us this weekend, from National Federations and individuals - thank you all so much. Many contributions to our fund have been made and we hope that there will be many more yet as we still face a very significant shortage - please do continue to publicise this need and help us.

We have done all that we can do up to this stage. We must now keep ourselves in front of the IOC Executive Board during the weeks to come and we shall do so. They have an incredibly difficult task ahead in choosing two out of seven excellent contending sports. We just hope and believe that the reasons which we gave them, as in our view compelling in favour of squash, will see us as one of these two sports, turning our long-held dream into a reality and seeing our squash family become part of the much greater Olympic family.

Dr George Mieras

WSF Olympic Bid Coordinator

Senior Squash Nationals 2009 in Delhi from 16 Aug 09

Hi,

Click here for the entry form for the Kingfisher 57th National Squash

Championship to be held in New Delhi from 16-20 August 2009. For your

information, the Interstate Squash Championships will be held from 20- 24

August 2009.

The closing date for entries is 17th July 2009.

Kindly note that the entries along with the entry fees must be sent to the

Squash Rackets Federation of India only through the affiliated state

associations of the Federation. No direct individual entries will be

accepted. Entries can also be sent directly to the Federation through

Associate Members under section 9 (b) of the Constitution viz. Clubs,

Schools, Colleges, or other organizations not specified.

Look forward to your participation.

Regards

Cyrus Poncha